HART IMMIGRATION MOVIE
Hart Elementary Students
Austin Film SocietyDrama, 5 min, Austin, TX, USA, 2018
A group of students portray, through their own eyes, the real life situations that surround Immigration.

RE-PAINTING THE MISSION
Akil Carillo
BAYCATEducational, 3.5 min, San Francisco, CA, USA, 2017
A short documentary on the issue of displacement in the actively changing Mission District in San Francisco, CA.

CELESTIAL ANOMALY
Jose Miranda, Abraham SerranoAction, 3 min, Dallas, TX, USA, 2017
Thru the cosmos we find a threat looming in the dark. A threat that was caused by jealousy. One in which Earth will have to pay the price. Will a lesson be learned?

WHITE NOISE
Say Sí Middle School Group Project
Say SíAnimation, 0.5 min, San Antonio, TX, USA, 2017
A short animation about a skeleton watching the film of its life.

FIND A WAY
Akil Carrillo, Ellie Aronica
BAYCATMusic Video, 4.5 min, San Francisco, CA, USA, 2017
“Find a Way” music produced by the BAYCAT Fall 2017 music performance class. Video produced by the BAYCAT Fall 2017 youth filmmaking class.

LILLY HITS THE ROAD
The Bum FamilyAnimation, 5 min, Calgary, AB, Canada, 2016
Lilly, a 10-foot-tall orange monster, and her adorable friend Fluffle are abducted by aliens. An epic adventure ensues as they try desperately to return home in the nick of time.

THE RICH MAN
Say Sí Middle School Group Project
Say SíEducational, 3 min, San Antonio, TX, USA, 2017
A man takes power and must now take responsibility for his actions and the impact they make on his community.

PHS Productions is the award-winning work of broadcast and film students at Pflugerville High School in Pflugerville, Texas. www.vimeo.com/phsproductions

A WORLD IN MOTION
Khue Tran, Makayla Moore, An Nguyen
PHS ProductionsEducational, 3 min, Pflugerville, TX, USA, 2017
Angela De Hoyos Hart is the IT Project Manager at General Motors and a regular volunteer at River Oaks Elementary in Pflugerville ISD. Angela helped found and now helps coordinate GM’s STEM mentorship program at the school. During the program, GM mentors tutor fourth and fifth grade students in math and science topics.

Cine Las Americas and Creative Action Present: The Trail

Youth Cinema Collective provides a space for teens who are passionate about filmmaking and film’s ability to share stories that may otherwise go untold. www.creativeaction.org/programs/for-the-community/teen-programs/youth-cinema-collective

THE TRAIL
YCC Group Project
Creative Action Youth Cinema CollectiveMagical Realism, 5 min, Austin, TX, USA, 2015
THE TRAIL is the story of a girl forced to walk an empty trail in the woods between her house and school because the City of Austin has yet to build walkable paths for students in the neighborhood. This is based on the true story of the Eastside Memorial High School students who have had to walk this trail for decades, and was shot on location at the trail site.

Emergencia Youth Film Competition, Part Two (Recommended Audience: 14+)

ALONE
Sara EustaquioExperimental, 1.5min, Valencia CA, USA/Portugal, 2017
Someone begs for help in a world where the condition of life seems to be just the condemnation to extinction.

STILL LOVE
Alexander Puga, Monica MatuteDrama, 5min, Miami, FL, USA, 2017
After attending constant unsuccessful therapy sessions, Sarah struggles to understand why she would be forced by her parents to get help over a relationship her sister had.

CARHOP
Alexander Puga, Monica Matute, Gabriella Gonzalez, Jewel BerriosRomantic Comedy, 6.5min, Miami, FL, USA, 2017
CARHOP is a romance comedy that comes to show the story of a girl who, as she says it, doesn’t know how to “boy.”

MEMORIA DE LOS REVOLUCIONARIOS (MEMORIES OF THE REVOLUTION)
Miguel Salazar
Say SíAnimation, 1.5min, San Antonio, TX, USA, 2017
An animated short based on the Día de los Muertos tradition and the history of the Mexican Revolutionary War in the early 1920s.

CALAVERA
Adele Rankin
Creative Action Youth Cinema CollectiveThriller, 5min, Austin, TX, USA, 2017
A young woman purchases a mysterious book at a yard sale, but gets more than she bargained for.